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Tag: Dungeons & Dragons sensu lato
Dungeons and Dragons, as a title or with minor modifications, was first published in 1974 and is represented by at least ten distinctive, non-sequential versions by diverse authors and under several ownerships.
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Monday Lab: Nutz R Us
It is crazy how common and how widely-developed craziness is, in role-playing. As much as world-building, as much as combat options, as much as magic systems, this is a definite feature of the hobby with its own schools and aims. It is clearly a primary path toward characterization, character development, player agency (through its managed…
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Finding D&D 5: The A Word
Part 5, final video out of five. Presenting a couple of definitions, asking a few pointed questions, copping to what I think. Let the rumpus start. I’ve mentioned it here and there, but will repeat that these are drafts, my first attempt. Some of the mistakes might be fixed easily with re-edit, others less so…
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Finding D&D 4: Essentially
Finding D&D, part 4! This one is scaring me. Remember how I warned that the one about fundamentalism and the OSR wouldn’t be insulting? I fear this one can’t say the same, and even if it doesn’t go too far, I know it’s going to gore a lot of oxen. One point I develop in…
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Finding D&D 1: The Stand Alone Complex
Here’s part 1 of my series “Finding D&D,” or rather, my first pass at working it up into a formal presentation. I’m looking forward to a fair piece of response for it. There’s some history, based on several discussions at my old Adept forum, and a lot of private correspondence since then across a number…